In the name of the law, stop the disrespect! The killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis USA in May 2020 raised questions about the impartial...

The past year has affected all of us in one way or another but have you ever thought about what effect it may have had on our language?  Phi...

To understand what a metaphor is, let’s start by considering a real world example. For tipping point , we might imagine an object that shoul...

When we talk to each other, we don’t just rely on words. Emotion is embodied, and our expressions, our body language, our tone of voice are ...

As a result of technology, many of our casual, everyday conversations now take place online, in written form. This has in turn changed how w...

The 2013 trial of George Zimmerman for the murder of unarmed Black teenager Trayvon Martin is well-known as the court case that sparked the...

I once heard that how someone treats a waiter can say a lot about their character. What about the way a waiter responds? Researcher Larssy...

"Ma-ma, ba-ba, da-da" - you probably associate sounds such as these with babies, in particular the babbling that babies make when ...

Continuing our series of posts related to the ' Accent Bias in Britain ' project, in this blog post we discuss some findings from ou...

Continuing our series of posts related to the ' Accent Bias in Britain ' project, in this blog post we discuss some findings from ou...